This is the second group of titles to be added for the month of February, Today, Mass Effect Legendary Edition (EA Play) arrives on the cloud. As you know, this edition comes with the single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the trilogy: Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3. The content also includes promo weapons, armors, and packs. Next up on February 17 is Lawn Mowing Simulator for Xbox One....

The celebration has its own dedicated website, and a livestream is going on right now. As part of the celebrations, Ubisoft recently updated Assassin’s Creed Origins with 60 fps support on both Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. If you have yet to try the game, you can do so via a free weekend from June 16-20. You can pre-load the game today through here. Also, the Discovery Tour: Viking Age is now available as a stand-alone experience on consoles, Stadia as well as PC....

Knight became attached to the Uncharted film after Dan Tractenberg, who replaced diretor Shawn Levy, left the project in August 2019. Mark Wahlberg is set to play Sully in the film, and Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Tom Holland will star as a young Nathan Drake. According to Deadline’s report on Knight’s departure, Walberg and Holland are still attached; however, Holland’s packed schedule has pushed the film’s production back. It was set to start production early this year....

From the humblest leech to the biggest boss, your victory in battle can be commemorated with your enemy’s stuffed and mounted head. (Or occasionally some less identifiable body part.) Several trophies serve an actual purpose in game-play, but many are purely for decoration. And aside from boss trophies, sooner or later you’ll likely end up with more than you can use from most enemy types. With a little DIY, these “leftover” trophies can be displayed in your home base....

The company announced in a blog post for Artifact it will be adding a single-player campaign to the card-game. Valve said the campaign will teach new players the game and continue the story which started with A Call To Arms. The campaign will also tye into the progressions system, as Valve said it wants players to feel rewarded whether they play it in competitive or single-player. Last month, the company announced plans to reboot the game, and the most recent blog post also takes a look at changes to various aspects of the game from mana to new defaults and keyword changes....

Ultimately, Valve has plans to ship more than double the amount of Steam Decks in Q3 than they did in Q2. So, if you’re awaiting your reservation email, it might not take too much longer. Q3 reservation emails are set to arrive as early as June 30. Announce via the Steam Deck Twitter account, Valve shared “Some great news on the production front. We just sent the last batch of Q2 emails, and we’ll start sending Q3 reservation emails on the 30th....

“Can I talk to Jimmy, please?” “Is that Tom? OK, I’ll get Jimmy.” “… JIMMY! JIMMY! TOM IS ON THE PHONE.” “Hello.” “Hello. Do you want to come round my house?” “… MUM! CAN I GO ROUND TOM’S HOUSE?” “… ARE YOU HAVING TEA THERE?” “Mum says am I having tea there?” “… MUM, CAN JIMMY HAVE TEA HERE?” “… YES.” “Yes.” “OK.” “OK.” “Bye.” We had such wonderful conversations on phones, before everything became texts and WhatsApp messages....

The poll covers Pokemon from all regions released over the years. This means you can cast a vote for Pokemon from the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, and Galar regions. Each day, you can vote for one species per category until Friday, February 14. The poll notes that all forms of each species count as the same Pokemon and your votes will be stored until voting ends. The winning favorites will be announced on Pokemon Day, February 27....

Pretty soon, you will not even be able to escape Elden Ring once you log off; it’s going to follow you around. That guy on the bus, over there? He’s playing Elden Ring. Your boss, in the office? Elden Ring. That small elderly lady at the bus stop? You guessed it, Elden Ring. The game, it turns out, is perfectly capable of running on Steam Deck. Shortly before the game launched, the title appeared in a VG247 team member’s library on Steam as ‘Verified"....

If you have yet to sign up for the tester, you can do so here. Interested parties can also pre-order two versions of the game. The Standard Edition for $39.99 or your regional currency will feature the Atoman Star Weapon Trinket and the Vanguard of the Imperium Portrait Frame. The Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Imperial Edition ($59.99) will include the Loyalist Pack, which features four unique class outfits, eight weapon skin patterns, one headgear, and an Ogryn body tattoo....

Wartales is an open-world tactical RPG where you will lead a group of sellswords to accomplish goals, earn your fortune and embark on dangerous enterprises. As your group evolves, you will explore the remains of the Edoran Empire which has been hit by a Great Plague. In the rather large world, you will be able to build camps, craft weapons, feed and pay mercenaries and fight in a turn-based combat system....

Ubisoft live producer Lathieeshe Thillainathan took to the social media site to answer players’ questions about the upcoming title, and revealed how the title will run on next-gen hardware. Thillainathan confirmed that the game will run at 4K, 30fps on Xbox Series X and PS5, and will also have options players can enable to support ray-tracing. So it’s not just PC players that will benefit from the fancy graphics in Ubisoft’s interpretation of London....

Super Louis 64 is a name that should be familiar to anyone who likes to watch non-traditional game controllers used in unusual/unintended ways. Super Louis 64 made a name for himself by figuring out how to re-purpose gimmick controllers like the DK Bongos to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and even beating Halo 3 using a Guitar Hero controller. Their latest invention is using the Ring Fit Adventure ring controller to play Dark Souls 3....

I was ready to make Kirby’s Dream Buffet one of my games of choice at gatherings, placing it on the same pedestal as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. However, when I actually got my hands on the game, I was left disappointed. The co-op features that I anticipated were missing. Kirby’s Dream Land felt limited, only allowing for two-player local co-op. Online, I could play with three more friends, but they would then need to buy the game – as well as have their own Switch device to hand....

The developer presentation primarily focused on how Xbox can help developers with optimising graphics, and reducing latency when streaming their games via Xbox Cloud Gaming. However, Morgan Brown did take the time to note that KBM support will arrive on the cloud, and that developers should be working to implement the controls in their games. While Xbox consoles have supported keyboard and mouse for a while now, we are still yet to see the same support added to Xbox Cloud Gaming....

“Today, we’re bringing 10 more titles to Game Pass, for a total of 30 Bethesda games,” said Bethesda’s SVP of global marketing and communications Pete Hines. “That includes several id Software games, like the award-winning Doom Eternal.” Doom Eternal is noteworthy because, alongside its arrival on the service, Bethesda is also pushing out its new next-gen upgrade. This means that the Xbox Series X version of the latest id Software title will get a 60fps mode with ray-tracing, a 4K mode, and a performance mode that lets the game run at a staggering 120fps....

Auto HDR is one of the most impressive innovations Microsoft debuted with Xbox Series X/S consoles. In simple terms, the AI-driven feature allows the console to map HDR onto an SDR image. In other words, it approximates what HDR does with SDR games. It may not quite deliver the same quality as native HDR, but it elevates the image several steps above standard SDR, which is perfect when playing older games developed before HDR was a thing, on modern HDR-capable TVs....

Since acquiring Monolith Soft in 2007, Nintendo has made sure the developer has become a premier first-party studio with the excellent Xenoblade series. It’s been over four years since the last entry, which was met with great acclaim and commercial success. Both the first Xenoblade Chronicles and the sequel Xenoblade Chronicles 2 are already available for the Nintendo Switch. The open-world RPG series is great for firing up every now and again wherever you are with your Switch....

A reason for the early arrival wasn’t provided, but it’s at least good news instead of bad. The latest entry in the long-running RPG series, which connects the futures of the two previous mainline Xenoblade Chronicles games, invites you to embark on an adventure with “life” as the central theme. In the game, you step into the roles of protagonists Noah and Mio. There is turmoil between the nations of Keves and Agnus, and six characters from those nations will join forces to learn the truth behind the conflict, and set their sights for Swordsmarch: a land pierced by a giant sword....

Within their post, u/HughesMDflyer4 shared the Easter egg and exactly how they discovered it. The Easter egg itself was actually introduced this weekend just gone, and was added to the game as a result of the 40th Anniversary Edition update for the simulation title. If you fancy seeing exactly how Flight Simulator within Flight Simulator (2020) plays out, you’ll need to boot up the game and load up a Diamond DA62....